Preparative Toward Natural And Experimental History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781169164185)

Preparative Toward Natural and Experimental History is a book written by the famous philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon. The book is a collection of essays and articles that discuss Bacon's ideas on the importance of gathering and analyzing data in order to better understand the natural world. Bacon believed that humans could only truly understand the natural world by observing it and conducting experiments, and he advocated for a scientific approach to studying nature. The book is divided into two parts: the preparative toward a natural and experimental history for the foundation of philosophy, and the natural and experimental history for the confirmation of philosophy. In the first part, Bacon discusses the importance of gathering data and conducting experiments in order to develop a foundation for scientific inquiry. He also discusses the limitations of human knowledge and the importance of humility in scientific inquiry. In the second part of the book, Bacon provides examples of natural and experimental histories that he believes can help confirm his philosophical ideas. These histories include studies of the human body, the natural world, and the universe as a whole. Overall, Preparative Toward Natural and Experimental History is an important work in the history of science and philosophy. It provides insight into Bacon's ideas on the scientific method and the importance of empirical observation in understanding the natural world.In the history which I require and design, special care is to be taken that it be of wide range and made to the measure of the universe. For the world is not to be narrowed till it will go into the understanding (which has been done hitherto), but the understanding to be expanded and opened till it can take in the image of the world as it is in fact. For that fashion of taking few things into account, and pronouncing with reference to a few things, has been the ruin of everything. To resume then the divisions of natural history which I made just now --viz., that it is a history of generations, Pretergenerations, and arts --I divide the history of generations into five parts.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Francis Bacon
ISBN-10: 1169164188
ISBN-13: 9781169164185
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d